Yonkers: Analysis for Thursday 12/9

MEET STATS: 279 - 956 / $1,537.80 (-$374.20)
BEST BETS: 48 - 87 / $151.30 (-$22.70)
SPOT PLAYS: 11 - 87 / $79.10 (-$94.90)
BEST BET - ZENITH STRIDE (10th)
SPOT PLAY - FLIRTY FORTY (1st)

Race 1 - F&M NW5000L5/12500CLM Pace

(5) FLIRTY FORTY picked up her lone win this year at Yonkers back in March, and she closed well at the Meadowlands last Thursday in her first start back after a layoff. (2) A CRAFTY LADY won in the corresponding class to this one at Harrah's Philadelphia on November 19 and gets to move inside on the gate tonight after getting parked here on 12-1. (3) CABOWABOCUTTIE returns after one appearance at the Meadowlands a week ago where she was interfered with. You can see that zero-for-42 mark in the win column the last two years, but she does have the ability to hit the board.

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Race 2 - F&M NW20000L5/30000CLM/NW10 Pace

(7) DANCE CLUB is back at Yonkers tonight after racing most recently at Harrah's Philadelphia. She's been facing stout competition lately, and this race doesn't appear to have a great deal of early speed, so I'll hope Dan Dube sends her out of there. (5) DELITFULCATHERIN N found her form again after she added Lasix on 11-16. She comes into this event off a win and picks up Jason Bartlett. (1) CHECKERED PAST has hit the board in four straight tries and offsets the step up in class by moving inside to the pole position.

Race 3 - NW4/50000LT Trot

(4) HOPE SO gets reunited with Yannick Gingras tonight. He got along with her well down at Harrah's Philadelphia, guiding her to a third and a first. (3) YUCATAN PARTY MAN drew inside this time after having outside posts in his last couple of starts. I think that will put him back in the hunt. (6) DROP THE MIC was third in a race dominated by Zenith Stride a week ago. All of his local starts have been good, and he has a driver change to Bartlett.

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Race 4 - F&M NW32050L5 Pace

(4) TEMPUS SEELSTER had the misfortune of running into the sharp Lit De Rose last Thursday, but I thought she was a good second from first-up, and I'll give her a chance. (5) TUAPEKA JESSIE N found the Open level a bit difficult a week ago, but she was very sharp prior to that, including a second-place result in this class on 11-18. (1) WESTBEACH double-jumps out of the NW15000L5's, but she's won both of her local tries so far and was Jordan Stratton's choice.

Race 5 - NW2/25000LT Trot

(1) JESSIES OUTLAWED closed well last week to come up just a head short of winning. He has been victorious in this class before and gets a new driver this time with Pat Lachance taking over. (4) CHROME PACKAGE has been hampered by outside posts in his last four starts, but he drew better tonight. He's also the only 4-year-old in this contest. (2) BLANK SPACE AS exits the same race my top pick does from last Thursday where he had a pocket trip but broke stride in the lane and had to settle for third. Bartlett has the drive again.

Race 6 - F&M NW6475L5/12500CLM Pace

(4) THUNDRA advanced from eighth to third in the back-half of her race last week. She makes her second start out of the Travis Alexander barn tonight and moves inside from the eight-hole to post four. (1) SANDY WIN cruised to a pretty facile victory in this class a week ago. She drew the pole here and adds Stratton. (6) ACEFOURTYFOUR ALEX drops to the bottom level and doesn't have to contend with post eight like she did last Wednesday. She could add some value underneath.

Race 7 - NW4/50000LT Trot

(4) FOUR UNDER PAR finished third in the Indiana Sires Stakes Super Final and is now in Lance Hudson's barn. He's been doing well with some of his newcomers lately, and I'll give her a shot. (5) MUSCLE JACK is making his first start down from Canada and is with Jeff Gillis. He qualified nicely over at Monticello and had success in the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Series program this year. (6) GOODASHIM invades from Plainridge and was Gingras's choice. I think there's a chance he could be overbet, and I will try and beat him.

Race 8 - F&M NW15000L5/Winner in Last Start of the Base Class NW10000L5/25000CLM/NW9 Pace

(2) DBLDELITEBRIGADE N drops and moves inside here and was Jim Marohn Jr.'s pick. (1) SPORTS FLIX picked up a confidence-building victory over NW10000L5's a week ago. She did lose Marohn Jr. tonight, but she got an excellent replacement in Matt Kakaley. (4) YS TALLIA gets some additional class relief here and has a driver change to Dube for high-percentage connections.

Race 9 - F&M Open Pace

(1) LIT DE ROSE cruised over NW30000L5's last Thursday and has certainly looked the part since coming down from Canada. She's won both on the lead and from behind, too, giving trainer-driver Lachance options with her. (2) DRAGON ROLL saw her run of top-two results derailed by post seven a week ago, but she drew well tonight and is now be driven by Stratton. (3) SHES PUKKA N has been out of the exacta just once in her last seven starts and prevailed at Yonkers back on October 28.

Race 10 - NW6/75000LT Trot

(7) ZENITH STRIDE qualified very well at the Meadowlands on November 20 and then destroyed NW4's last Thursday here. I'll use on the class hike. (5) QUEEN OF ALL is another new face in the Lance Hudson barn. She was the runner-up in the Indiana Sires Stakes Super Final and exits stakes company for the first time in a while. (2) YOU WILL BE QUEEN broke through for her first victory at Yonkers a week ago and did so in impressive fashion. Let's see if she can keep the light bulb on tonight.

Race 11 - F&M NW10000L5/Winners in Last Start of the Base Class NW7500L5/20000CLM Pace

(6) MAN DONTFORGET ME takes a second crack at this class after finishing fifth from post eight last Thursday. She drew a little bit better tonight and gets reunited with Jason Bartlett. (4) GREENHILL HANOVER drops a notch after finishing third against NW15000L5's a week ago. She's going to be driven by Scott Zeron tonight as Tyler Buter isn't here. (1) I'M VERY SPECIAL is back at Yonkers after one unsuccessful trip to the Meadowlands. She was Stratton's choice, and I'll look for her to rebound on the half-mile track here.